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30 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Stedesand (Municipality of Stedesand) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD 30 PFENNIG STEDESAND Gültig einen Monat nach öffentlicher Bekanntmachung im Lecker Anzeiger Stedesand den 10. Okt. 1920 der Gemeindevorsteher Gebh & Kunze, Flensburg |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown and ochre, with a bold circular central cartouche bearing the inscriptions 'NOTGELD' at the top arc and 'STEDESAND' at the bottom arc, enclosing a Low German verse text on a light ochre panel. Flanking the central circle on both sides are tall ornamental vertical panels filled with stylised floral and crab motifs in a Jugendstil manner, with the numeral '30' repeated in the upper and lower corners. The serial number prefixed 'No' appears in large ornamental numerals along the bottom margin, accompanied by a small decorative rosette. |
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Stedesand is a village in the Schleswig region — an area whose political status in 1920 was genuinely unresolved. The plebiscite dividing Schleswig between Germany and Denmark took place that same year, with Zone I (around Flensburg) voting to remain German in March. This 30 Pfennig note was issued into that precise moment of uncertainty, when municipal finances were strained and small-denomination Reichsmark coinage had effectively vanished from circulation due to wartime hoarding and post-war economic disruption.
Gebh. & Kunze printed a considerable volume of Notgeld for Schleswig municipalities during this period. Their Flensburg address placed them squarely inside the contested zone.